September Scenes

The most exciting thing I’ve done in a while was to fly to Edmonton to visit my son and grandson.

I hadn’t been flying since well before Covid happened, so I had a bit of anxiety about preparing myself for that. It turned out to be easy and quite stress free. For the first time in my life I was able to use a digital boarding pass (I know, I know, I’m way behind the times but for years all I had for a mobile phone was a flip phone and my iPhone is just over a year old.) and that turned out to be easy once I figured out how to get it onto my phone (I now have the airline app on my phone.) I knew I’d have to wear a mask from entering the airport, during flight, and leaving the airport. That was all fine with me. I’ve been wearing masks in public indoor places continually even after our **!! ## ** premier removed all health directives and put our province into a Covid 19 upsurge.

It was great to see my son (I hadn’t seen his new house at all because he moved into it just over a year ago.) and grandson. I’d worried a little because I didn’t plan to wear a mask around them and of course they have different contacts than I do, but I knew my grandson’s school was masking and so was my son at his workplace. We spent lots of good time together, from shopping to walking, to playing games, to chatting. And we wore masks in public spaces. Thankfully both the Alberta government and the Saskatchewan government reintroduced health directives.

My grandson and I made pizza together from scratch.

My son and I visited the Millcreek Nursery, which is a farm inside Edmonton. I’d love to spend more time there, but we just went to pick up some plants for his yard. We planted an apple tree, two Haskap berry bushes and a Saskatoon bush.

   It was a great visit and I felt reasonably safe. I enjoyed getting to know my son’s new neighbourhood. And it was fun to share election night with them, watching their riding go NDP and Saskatchewan go blue (not a surprise, but one can always hope.).

Now I’m back home debating whether I should get tested for Covid or not. I never have had a test and am fully vaccinated. I feel fine and I saw that waiting times at the drive through were up to 4 hours. So far I have decided not to go unless something changes in the way I feel.

Neighbours kindly watched over my house while I was gone and all is well, except like many other areas, this neighbourhood has a mouse problem. I’ve caught a few in the garage and reset my traps.          

I did some leaf raking yesterday and will be finishing my garden clean up – emptying plant pots, digging the last of the carrots, cutting back perennials and raking more leaves.

September is nearly over but we’ve been given the gift of good weather for at least a while longer.

 

August Angst

Angst is the German word for fear. It's a reality, I fear, I forgot to post in August!

It was a cooler month, with quite a bit of rain and when the sun shone I was busy painting my garage. In between times I read, napped, wrote, and went for walks.

I promise to write more in September - I have gotten on Tik Tok and made some videos.